... FBAWhewell Professor ofInternational Law, Faculty of Law, andDirector, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, University of CambridgeJohn S. Bell FBAProfessor of Law, Faculty of Law, ... to the history of international law, illuminating the imperial character ofthe disciplineand its enduring significance for peoples ofthe Third World.antony anghie is Professor ofLaw at the ... sovereign ratherthan the Pope.Vitoria further undermines the position ofthe Church by refutinganother justification for Spanish conquest ofthe Indies: the argumentthat the Emperor is lord of the...
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... oflaw such as criminal law, contract law, and thelawof torts, or spe-cific types of law, such as municipal state law, judge-made law, and customary law. 2 The philosophy ofinternationallaw ... of customary law. In the context of the discussion ofthe processes ofinternational law- making and hence of the sources or identification of its norms, the question ofthe kind of norms created27See ... THE PHILOSOPHY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW SECTION I HISTORY OFTHE PHILOSOPHY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 1 State of Nature versus Commercial Sociability as the Basis of International Law: Reflections on the...
... FBAWhewell Professor ofInternational Law, Faculty of Law, andDirector, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, University of CambridgeJohn S. Bell FBAProfessor of Law, Faculty of Law, ... interna-tional law is further reflected by the structure of many ofthe majortextbooks ofinternational law, which introduce the subject by outlin-ing the problem and offering some sort of solution ... problem, and the critiques of these attempts have, on the whole, constituted the central theoretical debate ofthe discipline.6 The defining character of this problem to the whole discipline of interna-tional...
... considering the place of international law among the sciences’,57and international lawyers ofthe periodinvariably refer to the ‘science’ ofinternational law. 58 The positivist self-image of being ... 1905.13Westlake was Whewell Professor ofInternationalLaw in the University of Cambridgein 1894, at the time ofthe publication of his work, Chapters on the Principles of InternationalLaw (Cambridge: Cambridge ... Oppenheim, The Science of International Law. 59Lawrence, The Principles ofInternational Law, p.94.60Ibid., p. 1. 40 imperialism, sovereignty and internationallaw The second section of this...
... act upon the advice of British Of cers ‘in matters relating to the administration of justice, the development ofthe resources ofthe country, the interests of commerce, or in anyother matter ... Walker, A History oftheLaw of Nations,p.12. 72 imperialism, sovereignty and international law positivist practice of focusing on the words ofthe treaty, to the completeexclusion ofthe circumstances ... subjects ofInternational Law. ’ Oppenheim, International Law, p.110.Seeibid., pp. 154 156.85Lawrence, The Principles ofInternational Law, p.58. 76 imperialism, sovereignty and international law arguing...
... taking place in international law, the emergence of international institutions in the form ofthe League of Nations. Up to the beginning ofthe twentieth century, sovereign states were the only actorsrecognized ... to address the problems of war. Onthequestion ofthe sovereign prerogative to go to war, see generally Anthony Carty, The Decay ofInternational Law? : A Reappraisal ofthe Limits of Legal Imagination ... of disputes commenced with the creation of the PCIJ.32Further, lawyers called for the codification of international law and emphasized the importance of holding large international con-ferences...
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